Does MongoDB's $in clause guarantee order

Question

When using MongoDB\'s $in clause, does the order of the returned documents always correspond to the order of the array argument?

Answer 1

This is a code solution after the results are retrieved from Mongo. Using a map to store index and then swapping values.

catDetails := make([]CategoryDetail, 0)
err = sess.DB(mdb).C("category").
    Find(bson.M{
    "_id":       bson.M{"$in": path},
    "is_active": 1,
    "name":      bson.M{"$ne": ""},
    "url.path":  bson.M{"$exists": true, "$ne": ""},
}).
    Select(
    bson.M{
        "is_active": 1,
        "name":      1,
        "url.path":  1,
    }).All(&catDetails)

if err != nil{
    return 
}
categoryOrderMap := make(map[int]int)

for index, v := range catDetails {
    categoryOrderMap[v.Id] = index
}

counter := 0
for i := 0; counter < len(categoryOrderMap); i++ {
    if catId := int(path[i].(float64)); catId > 0 {
        fmt.Println("cat", catId)
        if swapIndex, exists := categoryOrderMap[catId]; exists {
            if counter != swapIndex {
                catDetails[swapIndex], catDetails[counter] = catDetails[counter], catDetails[swapIndex]
                categoryOrderMap[catId] = counter
                categoryOrderMap[catDetails[swapIndex].Id] = swapIndex
            }
            counter++
        }
    }
}